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authorWilco Dijkstra <wdijkstr@arm.com>2015-08-05 15:15:28 +0100
committerWilco Dijkstra <wdijkstr@arm.com>2015-08-05 16:24:02 +0100
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This patch improves strncpy performance by using strnlen/memcpy rather than a byte loop. Performance
on bench-strncpy is 1.9-2.1x faster on average. I tried several variations, and using a tailcall and calling memset conditionally gave the best overall results.
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2015-08-05 Wilco Dijkstra <wdijkstr@arm.com>
+ * string/strncpy.c (strncpy):
+ Improve performance by using __strnlen/memcpy.
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+2015-08-05 Wilco Dijkstra <wdijkstr@arm.com>
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* sysdeps/aarch64/fpu/feenablxcpt.c (feenableexcept):
Optimize to avoid an unnecessary FPCR read.